As the court challenge of Quebec’s secularism law \u2014 commonly known as Bill 21 \u2014 continues this week before the Quebec Court of Appeal, groups contesting the law argued Tuesday Bill 21 overwhelmingly discriminates against Muslim women, media outlets reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Quebec government and several civil liberties groups are presenting arguments about a Superior Court decision last year, which upheld most \u2014 but not all \u2014 provisions of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enacted under the Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec government in June 2019, the secularism law prohibits public school teachers, police officers, government lawyers, a host of other civil servants and even some politicians from wearing religious symbols at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perri Ravon, the lawyer representing the English Montreal School Board, argued Tuesday that Bill 21 was designed to target one group in particular: Muslim women who wear the hijab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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